NORTHSTAR HIGH YIELD FUND
NSAR-A, 1999-02-25
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SIGNATURE   GUY NORDAHL                                  
TITLE       MANAGER             
 


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
______________

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
of Northstar Funds:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements and financial 
highlights of 
Northstar Funds comprising Northstar Growth Fund, Northstar Special Fund, 
Northstar Balance 
Sheet Opportunities Fund, Northstar High Yield Fund, and Northstar Government 
Securities 
Fund (collectively the "Funds"), for the year ended December 31, 1998, we 
considered its internal 
control, including control activities for safeguarding securities, in order to 
determine our auditing 
procedures for the purposes of expressing our opinion on the financial 
statements and financial 
highlights and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide 
assurance on 
internal control.

The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining 
internal control. In 
fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgements by management are 
required to assess the 
expected benefits and related costs of controls.  Generally, controls that are 
relevant to an audit 
pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for
external purposes that are 
fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.  
Those controls 
include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or 
disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud may occur 
and not be detected.  
Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to future periods is 
subject to the risk that it 
may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness
of the design 
and operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters
in  internal control 
that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the American 
Institute of 
Certified Public Accountants.  A material weakness is a condition in which the 
design or 
operation of one or more of the internal control components does not reduce to
a relatively low 
level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud  in amounts that 
would be material in 
relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be
detected within a timely 
period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions.
However, we 
noted no matters involving internal control and its operation, including 
controls for safeguarding 
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of 
December 31, 1998.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the 
Board of Trustees 
of Northstar Funds, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.




New York, New York		
February 5, 1999



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